I'm amazed how you need such a short period of hours to gain your license . I wouldn't get in a car with a P plate driver let alone a plane with someone with little flight experience .Would you?
For any class of pilot licence you have to meet the standard. Don't confuse private with commercial - there is a difference. If you choose to get on board an aircraft with a private pilot that's your choice. Having said that, let me be clear - I have no issue at all getting on an aircraft with a well trained private pilot. Several mates are private pilots and they are very competent indeed. It's all about attitude and application. And when you're talking IFR, flying very regularly. But when you pay for a seat on an aircraft flown by someone you've never met it's reasonable to expect a higher standard of training and more regularly assessed performance. And that's what you get.
Having been in a light single engine aircraft 25 odd years ago in Strahan Tasmania in a storm after we took off from Hobart , I have NO interest in EVER getting into a light aircraft with anyone be it a private pilot or a commerical one.
Yep.. We had PDIs in the DC8..What a bloody nightmare they were to read…NDB approaches on the 747 weren’t easy either…Glad those days are over..
stop whining FigJam how hard can it be flying a cargo 747 ..its not as if there is a dining service available !
Oh and the Cathay 747 cargo that flew over yesterday afternoon was dirty , get Morreettii to Karcher it .
I was told the avionic systems on 747s were quadruple redundant whereas the F-111s were only triple redundant ... light comes on and you abort the mission and turn the FCS off ?
That's not part of the basic PIFR. They're add ons which are optional. I'll do RNP and ILS approaches only. No interest in the others. Sig www.pless.com.au/mechanics.htm
Just take a Stanley flask full of chicken broth ...enjoy .For a guy that has flown 20,000hours your a bit slow on whats needed to eat on flight .
